Nursing homes and hospitals in New York City's primary evacuation zone must begin evacuating or prove to city officials why they won't, Mayor Bloomberg said Thursday as Hurricane Irene approached North Carolina on its way to New York.
MTA Chairman Jay Walder said the agency might also have to suspend all of its trains and buses on Saturday. That includes Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road along with city subways and buses.
Forecasters say a few showers could break out ahead of the storm on Saturday afternoon, with the wind and surf building into that night. If Hurricane Irene stays on the projected path, it could slice across the New York area sometime early Sunday as a Category 2 storm and then quickly head up into New England on Sunday late afternoon.
